When did Christians get involved in politics in USA? I was watching young Turks clip on youtube. There was an exmuslim guy he said pat Robertson forced Christians into politics. So when was it?

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• slazer2au@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Haven’t they always been?

  One nation under God. As a verse in your national anthem

  In god we trust on your currency.

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  • puppy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Believe it or not, one nation under god has been added to the pledge comparatively very recently in 1954.

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  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Nope. That was added near the beginning of the Cold War to further ideologically differentiate us from the “godless communists”. It was a dumb idea then, and it’s a dumb idea now.

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  • sorebuttfromsitting@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    hey i just use that paper to my rent

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• Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Considering there is a thing in the constitution that is meant to separate the church from the state, I’m pretty sure the answer is “always.”

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  • supernicepojo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s an amendment, the first, and the most important.

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• TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I think some key words for you to research would the ‘southern strategy’. I feel like people are giving you trite and naive answers. The material foray into politics began under Reagan and started as the ‘southern strategy’, which was a strategic effort in the religious south to move people to the right, but also to reshape what Christianity was and is defined as in the US. This strategy did as much to reshape religion in the US as it did politics, and Reagan, arguably, represented the culmination of that strategy to establish the modern political hedgemenoy we live under. Effectively, our politics haven’t really changed in the US since then (not materially in paradigm or structure). This is also when neoliberalism became the defacto politic of western governments.

  It’s really too much to unpack in a response, and I’m on my phone so I can’t hand you great sources, but starting by googling southern strategy, and looking back to the late 50’s.

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• sunbytes@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  There’s a great “Behind the Bastards” podcast that dives into it.

  It’s name is “how the rich ate Christianity”.

  pca.st/…/525c077b-30ae-49ab-91dc-65da7a555352

  If you’d prefer to read, they list all their sources in the episode notes.

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  • Pissnpink@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Behind the Bastards really is great. I do wish Robert Evans did step all over his guests so often and allow them opportunities to chime in. The Kissenger episodes are real bangers though. Funny guests who can keep up and even add to the deep dive.

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• TheInsane42@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I’d guess since the 1st Christians set foot on American soil. I’d guess about 1497 when Cabot went to Main, Columbus didn’t land on current US territory but on Cuba and islands in that area.

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• ArugulaZ@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Hey, it's that dead guy! That guy is totally dead! He lived for ninety-three years, but no longer!

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• jimmydoreisalefty@lemmus.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  They never left.

  All successful religions have a foot on everything with power. Best way to help your religion grow is to lobby and get stuff you want done. Most of us started with TYT.

  lemmus.org/post/182764 (new sub)

  www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRoDC71XcL8

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